• Death Records as Doorways: What One Death Can Tell Us
• Last Words in Print: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Newspaper Accounts
• Buried, Mourned, and Remembered: Cemetery, Funeral, and Church Records
• After the Funeral: Probate Records and the Family Left Behind  

• Death Records as Doorways: What One Death Can Tell Us
• Last Words in Print: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Newspaper Accounts
• Buried, Mourned, and Remembered: Cemetery, Funeral, and Church Records
• After the Funeral: Probate Records and the Family Left Behind  

The Maryland Genealogical Society is pleased to once again partner with Maryland Public Television (MPT) to offer a new beginner-to-intermediate genealogy webinar series. Finding Your Roots: Death is Only the Beginning will include four (4) two-hour sessions designed to help you use the many types of death-related records to learn not only about an ancestor but also about their families. Sessions will be held at 7:00pm ET on September 9, September 23, October 7, and October 21.    In order, the four sessions will include: Death Records as Doorways: What One Death Can Tell Us Last Words in Print: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Newspaper Accounts Buried, Mourned, and Remembered: Cemetery, Funeral, and Church Records After the Funeral: Probate Records and the Family Left Behind   For more details and to register, see the MGS homepage.

 

The Maryland Genealogical Society is pleased to once again partner with Maryland Public Television (MPT) to offer a new beginner-to-intermediate genealogy webinar series. Finding Your Roots: Death is Only the Beginning will include four (4) two-hour sessions designed to help you use the many types of death-related records to learn not only about an ancestor but also about their families. Sessions will be held at 7:00pm ET on September 9, September 23, October 7, and October 21.    In order, the four sessions will include: Death Records as Doorways: What One Death Can Tell Us Last Words in Print: Obituaries, Death Notices, and Newspaper Accounts Buried, Mourned, and Remembered: Cemetery, Funeral, and Church Records After the Funeral: Probate Records and the Family Left Behind   For more details and to register, see the MGS homepage.

 

 

 

Presented in partnership with Maryland Public Television, this presentation will discuss how to use online records to research your German roots, including the most promising sources for identifying your German ancestor's town of origin and how to find online German church and civil records. The presentation will conclude with time for questions and answers. 

 

Our speaker is Debra A. Hoffman, professional genealogist, author, and lecturer, who specializes in Maryland and German research. She has a certificate in Family History from Brigham Young University and a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies (PLCGS)-German Records from the National Institute of Genealogical Studies. She coordinated the week-long course “Maryland: Researching in the Old Line State” at the 2020 Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) and co-authored NGS’ Research in the States Series: Maryland. She currently serves as an MGS At-Large Board Member and is the Secretary for the Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society. She is the principal of Hoffman Genealogical Services and conducts research trips to Germany.